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thank you both for being with us. >> woodruff: you can watch all of mitt romney's speech at v.m.i. today on our web site. >> brown: still to come on the newshour, a deadly meningitis outbreak; the stem cell breakthrough; rothenburg, page, and kohut on the campaign; and salman rushdie on life under a death sentence. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the investigation into the killing of the u.s. ambassador to libya took new turns today. cbs and abc news reported american officials in libya had asked for more security personnel, but the state department refused. meanwhile, libyan officials said president obama's top counterterror advisor, john brennan, will be in libya tomorrow to discuss the investigation. a warning from congress today: u.s. companies should stop doing business with china's top two telecommunications firms, huawei technologies and z.t.e. the house intelligence committee reported both have close ties to the government of china. it said using their components in u.s. computer networks could let them steal trade secrets or e
thank you both for being with us. >> woodruff: you can watch all of mitt romney's speech at v.m.i. today on our web site. >> brown: still to come on the newshour, a deadly meningitis outbreak; the stem cell breakthrough; rothenburg, page, and kohut on the campaign; and salman rushdie on life under a death sentence. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the investigation into the killing of the u.s. ambassador to libya took new turns...
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and trinity both producing wind turbines and wind towers, and that's a critical factor for us to keep those plants moving past 2013. >> reporter: o. kay henderson says these single issue voters add up quickly in such a small state. >> if iowa does again come down to a few thousand votes, these sort of narrow cast issues can have a huge effect. and so that is why you see the obama campaign pushing this so hard, because the wind energy industry has about 7,000 or 8,000 workers in iowa. >> reporter: then there is the fight in plain sight-- the >> romney would jeopardize thousands of jobs and knock the wind out of iowa's economy. >> a prairie fire of debt is sweeping across the nation. >> reporter: the negative ads are on >> reporter: the negative ads on almost every channel, every night. >> i mean, it's almost-- the ads border on being vulgar. >> reporter: steve bump has run a fireplace business in the des moines suburbs for 38 years, he knows fall is when people think about snuggling up to a warm fire, and more important for him, when they make buying decisions. >> if i'm selling romanc
and trinity both producing wind turbines and wind towers, and that's a critical factor for us to keep those plants moving past 2013. >> reporter: o. kay henderson says these single issue voters add up quickly in such a small state. >> if iowa does again come down to a few thousand votes, these sort of narrow cast issues can have a huge effect. and so that is why you see the obama campaign pushing this so hard, because the wind energy industry has about 7,000 or 8,000 workers in...
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. >> woodruff: and we turn to the campaign trail, where both the president and mitt romney are being asked to defend their positions on how to handle the millions of people in the country illegally. the focus was on hispanic voters in battleground florida where the immigration issue took center stage. president obama was in miami, at a spanish language town hall sponsored by univision and facebook. there, he was asked about his failure to keep a 2008 pledge of comprehensive immigration reform within his first year. >> and a promise is a promise. and with all due respect, you didn't keep that promise. >> well, here's what i would say, jorge, is that-- and we've had this conversation before. there's the thinking that the president is somebody who is all-powerful and can get everything done. in our branch of-- in our system of government, i am the head of the executive branch. i'm not the head of the legislature. i'm not the head of the judiciary. we have to have cooperation from all these sources in order to get something done. and so i am happy to take responsibility for the fact that
. >> woodruff: and we turn to the campaign trail, where both the president and mitt romney are being asked to defend their positions on how to handle the millions of people in the country illegally. the focus was on hispanic voters in battleground florida where the immigration issue took center stage. president obama was in miami, at a spanish language town hall sponsored by univision and facebook. there, he was asked about his failure to keep a 2008 pledge of comprehensive immigration...
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about the romney and the issue but we should point out the news story just now within in the last few minutes the romney ryan camp released paul ryan's tax returns for the last two years. turns out he paid just under 16 percent in 23010-- 2010 and paid 20% for 2011. is that a nonissue, an into, itch are. >> i haven't got a chance to look at them. i imagine they are much more complex. >> the income is significantly less. they took between 2 and 7.7 million in assets but that's not the same. >> i think romney should have released more returns from the beginning. now it's much too late. will get it coming and going because we already know about the complex affairs from the tax returns that have been released so they will hit them on that and hit them for not releasing more and you had this classic offer from the obama campaign today saying if you give us what you want, what we want and more tax return returns-- we won't attack you any more for not giving you what we want but we will attack you for what is in the returns. >> so mark, mitt romney is saying, his wife ann said in this interv
about the romney and the issue but we should point out the news story just now within in the last few minutes the romney ryan camp released paul ryan's tax returns for the last two years. turns out he paid just under 16 percent in 23010-- 2010 and paid 20% for 2011. is that a nonissue, an into, itch are. >> i haven't got a chance to look at them. i imagine they are much more complex. >> the income is significantly less. they took between 2 and 7.7 million in assets but that's not...
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welcome to you both. what does this say about governor romney, dan? >> two things. one is something we often underestimate. the personal nature of a pick like this, all of these presidential candidates want comfort with the person they find as their running mate. i think in this case what it talks about is a kind of, if i can, the essential giend of geekiness of the two people. they are numbers people. they are numbers crunchers. this may be the first power point ticket we've had in american political history. something you wouldn't say about president obama and joe biden or the last republican ticket. the second thing i think it says is it gives us some sense of the kind of campaign that governor romney would like to think he wants to run. in that sense what this says is he wants to run a campaign on the economy but also on the big fiscal choices that he thinks contribute to the future of the country. in picking ryan, he's made an explicit statement about that. >> woodruff: so, christina, what does that say about what ryan brings to the ticket in terms of his stren
welcome to you both. what does this say about governor romney, dan? >> two things. one is something we often underestimate. the personal nature of a pick like this, all of these presidential candidates want comfort with the person they find as their running mate. i think in this case what it talks about is a kind of, if i can, the essential giend of geekiness of the two people. they are numbers people. they are numbers crunchers. this may be the first power point ticket we've had in...
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who is romney winning? he's winning whites. both men and women. let's be very clear. both men andg women. he's winning religious voters, self-described conservativend republicans and southerrs. who is the president winning? african-americans, latinos, younger voters, lower income, self-described liberals including white liberals. democrats, voters in the northeast and west. i mean there are tworsig party coalitions. we've all this fighting for weeks and months. there has been some movement.ig ts have moved back andpe forth. i don't want to suggest otherwise. but we start wi two big blocs in what i believe is a close to venly divided country >> ifill: has that demographic hardened now, the demographic split between the parties? >> i think the demographic split that stu mentioned that's there. that's obvious. we've seen obama gain among whites over the course ofon the past week. gain among moderate voters. gain among independents so those are the contours but how it plays out within the contours that shape the votes, there are a number of indicators though in these surv
who is romney winning? he's winning whites. both men and women. let's be very clear. both men andg women. he's winning religious voters, self-described conservativend republicans and southerrs. who is the president winning? african-americans, latinos, younger voters, lower income, self-described liberals including white liberals. democrats, voters in the northeast and west. i mean there are tworsig party coalitions. we've all this fighting for weeks and months. there has been some movement.ig...
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they are both good ads. >> the romney ad was a better ad conceptually rather than in execution. the tone was good at first. you get 10% of people voting for barack obama in 2008 they are giving people permission to vote rather than not vote. in the midst e middle it becamea republican talking points. >>woodruff: more in sadness. >>. >> it's more in sadness than anger. th>> the best obama ads are whee he is no speaking directly intoe camera. >> that is a good ad where he talks about the contrast of two messages. messages. >>woodruff: we'll show that next week as well as a romney ad. sweet talk david brooks and mark shield. thank you both. >> warner: and to china, where a high-stakes crime and politics story continues to unfold. the wife of an ousted communist party official has been charged with homicide. the news came in thursday's evening's news broadcast from state-run cctv. gu kailai, seen here with her charismatic then-popular politician husband bo xilai, is to be tried for the murder of british businessman neil heywood. authorities charge gu and a family aide killed heywood
they are both good ads. >> the romney ad was a better ad conceptually rather than in execution. the tone was good at first. you get 10% of people voting for barack obama in 2008 they are giving people permission to vote rather than not vote. in the midst e middle it becamea republican talking points. >>woodruff: more in sadness. >>. >> it's more in sadness than anger. th>> the best obama ads are whee he is no speaking directly intoe camera. >> that is a good...
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the president charged romney is trying to have it both ways. >> you say that yore not interested in duplicating what happened i iraq. but just a few weeks ago you said you think we should have more troops in iraq right now. >> warner: that was believed to be a reference to romney's address at the virginia military institute earlier this month. >> america's ability to influence events for better in iraq has been undermined by the abrupt withdrawal of our entire troop presence. >> warner: romney did not say v.m.i. that u.s. troops should still be in iraq. but at a secretly taped fund-raiser last may the video shows romney said this. >> this president's failures put in place an agreement allowing 10,000-20,000 troops to stay in iraq. unthinkable. >> warner: romney said that mr. obama also had wanted to keep troops in iraq. but could not g baghdad to guarantee them legal immunity. >> there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement. i concurred with that and said we should some number of troops stay on. that was something i concurred with. that was your posture
the president charged romney is trying to have it both ways. >> you say that yore not interested in duplicating what happened i iraq. but just a few weeks ago you said you think we should have more troops in iraq right now. >> warner: that was believed to be a reference to romney's address at the virginia military institute earlier this month. >> america's ability to influence events for better in iraq has been undermined by the abrupt withdrawal of our entire troop presence....
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and wants to see more cooperation on both sides to get things done. adam salazar, a 26-year-old grad student is a republican who voted for president obama last time. he believes both parties have failed on immigration policy. and park and martha paschal is k apt to vote for president obama again in part because of what she sees as his failure to stand up to wall street. you all remained undecided this time last week. did you hear anything from president obama last night that help you make up your mind? >> i didn't feel as though there was much substance that was given in his speech. i thought there was a lot of emotion and, you know, rallying the base. but not much in the way of policy that was fleshed out. >> i was disappointed that he didn't have more plans for the next four years, specific legislation, or other proposals. >> i was happy to see that president obama got some emotion going. it became lively. it engaged the people. it engaged me. i appreciated the way he talked to-- about that we have a responsibility, we, the people, that it's up to u
and wants to see more cooperation on both sides to get things done. adam salazar, a 26-year-old grad student is a republican who voted for president obama last time. he believes both parties have failed on immigration policy. and park and martha paschal is k apt to vote for president obama again in part because of what she sees as his failure to stand up to wall street. you all remained undecided this time last week. did you hear anything from president obama last night that help you make up...
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it's a place both sides had earlier assumed would belong to the democrats. the obama camp countered with a new ad featuring the endorsement of former secretary of state colin powell, ran it there and in nine other states. >> i think we ought to keep on the track that we're on. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> woodruff: but the romney campaign also beganiring a spanish-language ad in florida tying obama to latin american dictators g go chavez and fidelv castro. >> we are america's women. >> woodruff: and american future fund, a super pac supporting romney is running ads targeting women in michigan and pennsylvania, states considered safely democratic. as you can see on the "newshour's" vote 2012 map center" there are seven states currently considered by the associated press to be true toss ups: nevada, colorado, iowa, ohio, virginia, florida and new hampshe. it shows each candidate's quickest potential path to 270 electoral votes. including one scenario gimpng president obama a path too victory, winning nevada and ohio, to get to 277 elector
it's a place both sides had earlier assumed would belong to the democrats. the obama camp countered with a new ad featuring the endorsement of former secretary of state colin powell, ran it there and in nine other states. >> i think we ought to keep on the track that we're on. >> i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >> woodruff: but the romney campaign also beganiring a spanish-language ad in florida tying obama to latin american dictators g go chavez and fidelv...
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that's why both candidates are regular visitors to the area and why romney brought his new running mate here over the weekend. >> you'll make the difference. >> we won loudon county last time and if we win loudon county this time, we will win virginia, and if we win virginia, we will win this election. >> woodruff: local democrats like u.s. representative gerry connolly say they hope the president's right, and point to the area's many government connections, giving it an economic cushion-- an unemployment rate of 5.7%, one of the lowest in the nation-- in the aftermath of the financial crash and the recession. >> i represent for example the highest median household income in the united states, in terms of congressional districts. very high education achievement levels. very high performing school systems. an economy and jobs that were created with the unique partnership between the federal government and the private sector. >> reporter: but republicans like governor bob mcdonnell, say not so fast; that even with a healthy jobs picture, residents here know the president's policies haven'
that's why both candidates are regular visitors to the area and why romney brought his new running mate here over the weekend. >> you'll make the difference. >> we won loudon county last time and if we win loudon county this time, we will win virginia, and if we win virginia, we will win this election. >> woodruff: local democrats like u.s. representative gerry connolly say they hope the president's right, and point to the area's many government connections, giving it an...
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mark shields and david brooks, thank you both. >> brown: next: a mission to mars filled with high-stakes challenges. among them: nasa's new rover will have to successfully execute a very complicated landing procedure early monday morning or else. "newshour" science correspondent miles o'brien previews what's ahead. >> and lift off of the atlas 5. >> they are the most accomplished and intrepid explorers of mars yet as they home in on the red planet with their biggest, most complex, most expensive mission ever, they are running themselves through brutally tricky simulations. >> the approach 2,000. criteria are active, rt update rate. >> and lossing a lot of sleep. >> so i have this terrible experience where i will awaken and go down the list of all the things that i could worry about. it's a very long list. >> reporter: for engineer adam steltzer and other mars mavens at nasa jet propulsion laboratory in pass dena, california t is a 2.5 billion all-in bet on a safe arrival on mars. >> it is the result of reasoned engineering. >> the entry, descent and landing is known as 7 minutes of terro
mark shields and david brooks, thank you both. >> brown: next: a mission to mars filled with high-stakes challenges. among them: nasa's new rover will have to successfully execute a very complicated landing procedure early monday morning or else. "newshour" science correspondent miles o'brien previews what's ahead. >> and lift off of the atlas 5. >> they are the most accomplished and intrepid explorers of mars yet as they home in on the red planet with their biggest,...
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gentlemen, we thank you both for being with us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: peter edelman, let me start with you. this romney campaign ad is saying what the president has done is going to make americans more dependent on the government. what do you make of the romney charge. >> absolutely untrue. this is a guidance that will help people, that is designed to make it more flexible for the states to help people get jobs. that's what tanf is supposed to be about is to help people get jobs. republican governors asked for the help. governor romney himself asked for the help to me it's what's bigger than a whopper. it's a whopper. >> woodruff: robert rector, how do you see it? >> these are the work requirements that were put in into the tanf law in 1996. i wrote most of these requirements and these were the motor that drove that law to reduce poverty and welfare dependence by requiring welfare recipients to work or prepare for work or at least part of them as a condition for receiving aid. what the obama administration has done is taken these and said they're gone, either out of picture, they
gentlemen, we thank you both for being with us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: peter edelman, let me start with you. this romney campaign ad is saying what the president has done is going to make americans more dependent on the government. what do you make of the romney charge. >> absolutely untrue. this is a guidance that will help people, that is designed to make it more flexible for the states to help people get jobs. that's what tanf is supposed to be about is to help people...
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. >> warner: howie and lauren, thank you both. >> thank you. >> warner: on our website, watch a 2002 "newshour" interview with mitt romney on olympic security shortly before that year's winter games in salt lake city. >> woodruff: now an update on an important fishing story in the great lakes region. we've chronicled the problems a particularly invasive species-- asian carp-- have posed for the past few years. but now scientists are thinking it may be time to come up with a new solution. ashar quraishi of wttw chicago reports. >> reporter: you definitely don't want these voracious fish invading the great lakes, but now that they're in the illinois river and here to stay, scientists are wondering if there's a profitable way to keep their populations in check. this is stratton state park about 60 miles southwest of chicago. >> this is kind of like the battle ground right here. >> reporter: it's a story we've heard before. >> the fish are moving up from the mississippi river through illinois and up towards the great lakes. >> reporter: but there's an ironic twist to this doomsday story
. >> warner: howie and lauren, thank you both. >> thank you. >> warner: on our website, watch a 2002 "newshour" interview with mitt romney on olympic security shortly before that year's winter games in salt lake city. >> woodruff: now an update on an important fishing story in the great lakes region. we've chronicled the problems a particularly invasive species-- asian carp-- have posed for the past few years. but now scientists are thinking it may be time to...
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one has romney ahead by three points. underscoring the stakes, one new and today, romney began his event 15 minutes early in cincinnati, getting in the first blow. >> now, you may have heard that president obama is on the other side of the state, and he's going to be delivering a speech on the economy. he's doing that because he hasn't delivered a recovery for the economy. >> brown: romney offered no new specific proposals and neither did president obama when he spoke in cleveland a short time later in what was billed as his first major economic speech of the general election campaign. >> both parties have laid out their policies on the table for all to see. what's holding us back is a stalemate in washington between two fundamentally different views of which direction america should take. and this election is your chance to break that stalemate. >> brown: the president was seeking to reset the debate over economic policy after days of rough going. first came may's disappointing jobs numbers. and thenlast friday's rhetori
one has romney ahead by three points. underscoring the stakes, one new and today, romney began his event 15 minutes early in cincinnati, getting in the first blow. >> now, you may have heard that president obama is on the other side of the state, and he's going to be delivering a speech on the economy. he's doing that because he hasn't delivered a recovery for the economy. >> brown: romney offered no new specific proposals and neither did president obama when he spoke in cleveland a...
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but this gives romney a lot more room to maneuver. barack obama vastly outspent john mccain in the last campaign that a you lad obama to play in states that democrats don't usually play at. part of why he carried indiana. part of why he carried north carolina. this time by being outspent by romney he doesn't have that advantage. and i think it's going to increase pressure on the big donors who have been very reluctant so for to give to the super pac who they don't like the idea of a super pac. they have started to give money. i think this will raise the pressure on them to give more. >> we don't like to start talking about jobs, end talking on money, but that's the way it is. >> that is the way of the world. >> ej dionne, david brook, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> suarez: finally tonight, music and mentoring in the mountains of virginia. jeffrey brown has this look at a growing tradition. >> brown: in central virginia's rappahanock county, the four- year old castleton festival is part traditional summer music festival-- this y
but this gives romney a lot more room to maneuver. barack obama vastly outspent john mccain in the last campaign that a you lad obama to play in states that democrats don't usually play at. part of why he carried indiana. part of why he carried north carolina. this time by being outspent by romney he doesn't have that advantage. and i think it's going to increase pressure on the big donors who have been very reluctant so for to give to the super pac who they don't like the idea of a super pac....
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trail, both of them in the battleground state of ohio. and both of them mindful of the need to turn out younger voters, who went overwhelmingly for mr. obama in 2008, but who are proving more elusive this year. i traveled to the columbus area this past weekend ahead of the candidates to find out just how elusive. >> fired up! ready to go! >> woodruff: ohio state university students about to head out from an obama campaign office to register voters, yell a familiar refrain. >> fired up! ready to go! >> woodruff: they are a coveted voting block for the president, in this fiercely contested swing state. four years ago, mr. obama won 18- to 29-year-olds nationwide by 66% to 32%. a margin so large, young people were credited with putting him over the top in several key states. >> are you registered to vote? >> woodruff: surveys suggest he's sure to capture the majority of the youngest voter block again. but after four years of watching the president grapple with the realities of governing, they're not expected to give him another two-to-one wi
trail, both of them in the battleground state of ohio. and both of them mindful of the need to turn out younger voters, who went overwhelmingly for mr. obama in 2008, but who are proving more elusive this year. i traveled to the columbus area this past weekend ahead of the candidates to find out just how elusive. >> fired up! ready to go! >> woodruff: ohio state university students about to head out from an obama campaign office to register voters, yell a familiar refrain. >>...
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and you have an opponent, romney who is going to attack a pan date which is similar to the one he had in mass mas. that is an inherently prickably-- prickly situation. >> woodruff: you are saying it is difficult for both of them. >> i think it is but i would give, right now, you would have to say that health care, which inspired a lot of the democratic loss in 2010 remains a fairly unpopular issue in america. the president's message here is let's get beyond these old debates. not let's embrace my health-care reform. >> i think there is a case to be made, judy, when we talk so much about the constitution and constitutionality. we do have three branches. we've got the executive, the legislative and the judiciary. and the, this law was passed by the congress. it was signed by the president. and affirmed by the supreme court. and i think that is regular order. i think that yes, i don't argue with michael that it has been unpopular. it consistently, about 40% in favor and 50% against. but i think the administration quite frankly walked away from it. i think they, it became an orphan piece
and you have an opponent, romney who is going to attack a pan date which is similar to the one he had in mass mas. that is an inherently prickably-- prickly situation. >> woodruff: you are saying it is difficult for both of them. >> i think it is but i would give, right now, you would have to say that health care, which inspired a lot of the democratic loss in 2010 remains a fairly unpopular issue in america. the president's message here is let's get beyond these old debates. not...
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overthe weekend both candidates used dueling interviews on cbs's "60 minutes" to make their case. romney was pressed to provide specifics on economic policy. >> well, i can tell them specifically what my policy looks like. i will not raise taxes on middle-income folks. i will not lower the share of taxes paid by high-income individuals. and i will make sure that wee bring down rates, we limit deductions and exemptions so we can keep the code and we encourage growth in jobs. >> and the devil is in the details though. what are we talking about'? the mortgage deduction? the charitable deduction. >> the devil is in the details. the angell is in the policy which is creating more jobs. >> you have heard the criticism, i'm sure, that your campaign can be vague about things. i wonder if this isn't precisely one of those things. >> it's very much consistent with my experience as a governor. which is if you want to work together with people across the aisle, you lay out your principles and your policy. you work together with them. but you don't hand them a complete document and say, here, t
overthe weekend both candidates used dueling interviews on cbs's "60 minutes" to make their case. romney was pressed to provide specifics on economic policy. >> well, i can tell them specifically what my policy looks like. i will not raise taxes on middle-income folks. i will not lower the share of taxes paid by high-income individuals. and i will make sure that wee bring down rates, we limit deductions and exemptions so we can keep the code and we encourage growth in jobs....
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. >> brown: randi weingarter, do you see yourself in some sense fighting both parties now. >> look, i think roy is right. this is a low issue. it has national ramifications. but you notice the first thing mitt romney, who doesn't want to invest in public education, the first thing did is try to nationalize this issue and try to get president obama in there. president obama rightly said or his campaign rightly said this is a local issue that has to be solved at the negotiating table. one side does... one size does not fit all. but we do want to make sure that teachers are the best they can be. we want to make sure they get support. we want to make sure the kids get what they need so they can achieve their dreams. >> brown: randi weingarter, roy roamer, thanks both very much. >> thank you. for the record we invited mayor emmanuel to appear on the program this evening. his office did not respond to our request. >> ifill: next, how economic philosophy defines the presidential candidates' campaigns approach to health care. newshour economics correspondent paul solman has our story, part of
. >> brown: randi weingarter, do you see yourself in some sense fighting both parties now. >> look, i think roy is right. this is a low issue. it has national ramifications. but you notice the first thing mitt romney, who doesn't want to invest in public education, the first thing did is try to nationalize this issue and try to get president obama in there. president obama rightly said or his campaign rightly said this is a local issue that has to be solved at the negotiating table....
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does that tell you anything about what mitt romney was able -- >> no, these are the gold mine it is both campaigns, these are the people they are trying to reach. i means that's where the battle will be fought. but i guess if you are's the romney campaign, you hope that there would be three or four battlefield conversions that stand up and say that does it for me, i'm willing to join. but i think it makes us stay tuned for next week and find out what happens after barack obama is still undecided then we're probably on to the detate-- debates. >> i have to say, there's obviously a high degree of skepticism, you hear it in the audience and country. and i think it makes you think when you go back to romney's speech that the policy likeness is probably excess-- there wasn't enough policy. they had to humanize him. people in interview, especially on camera will say policy really matters. but personality really matters too. it is historically dualed that people want to vote for somebody they like. but i think, he had to have a little more policy. he had five points which were very generic. and
does that tell you anything about what mitt romney was able -- >> no, these are the gold mine it is both campaigns, these are the people they are trying to reach. i means that's where the battle will be fought. but i guess if you are's the romney campaign, you hope that there would be three or four battlefield conversions that stand up and say that does it for me, i'm willing to join. but i think it makes us stay tuned for next week and find out what happens after barack obama is still...
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we hear from both sides. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown looks at how the latest iphone upgrade is accelerating competition in the smartphone industry. >> woodruff: are chemicals sprayed in oregon's forests dangerous or not? we have a report from our partners at the center for investigative reporting. >> they're spraying with helicopters all these ridged tops, so everything they're spraying up top eventually gets down to all of these residents. >> forced application of herbicides is done in accordance with all state laws. and we believe it does not represent an unreasonable harm. >> ifill: and margaret warner gets a snapshot of poverty in america, still at record-high levels. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: questions swirled today about the death of the u.s. ambassador to libya and it
we hear from both sides. >> ifill: then, jeffrey brown looks at how the latest iphone upgrade is accelerating competition in the smartphone industry. >> woodruff: are chemicals sprayed in oregon's forests dangerous or not? we have a report from our partners at the center for investigative reporting. >> they're spraying with helicopters all these ridged tops, so everything they're spraying up top eventually gets down to all of these residents. >> forced application of...
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thank you both very much. >> you're welcome. thank you. woodruff: look for a comment from romney's remarks. my interview with bob woodward will air soon. there's more politics coming up, with a look at the battleground state of nevada. also ahead, the disputed islands in the east china sea, and former united nations secretary general kofi annan. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the battle over a voter i.d. law in pennsylvania has taken a new turn. the state supreme court today ordered a lower court judge to review his decision that upheld the law. if he finds that voters cannot easily obtain a photo i.d. and will be disenfranchised, he must strike down the statute. otherwise, it stands. similar legal battles are under way in several other states. a federal judge in arizona has cleared the way to enforce a centerpiece of the state's new immigration law. effective immediately, police who stop people for other reasons will have to ask about their immigration status, if it seems in doubt. the u.s.
thank you both very much. >> you're welcome. thank you. woodruff: look for a comment from romney's remarks. my interview with bob woodward will air soon. there's more politics coming up, with a look at the battleground state of nevada. also ahead, the disputed islands in the east china sea, and former united nations secretary general kofi annan. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the battle over a voter i.d. law in pennsylvania has taken a...
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you can watch both candidates speeches to the v.f.w. later tonight. plus our politics team will track romney's international travels each day this week in "the morning line." >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, attacks and counterattacks in syria. pennsylvania's tough voter i.d. law. sir elton john >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, attacks and counterattacks in syria; pennsylvania's tough voter i.d. law; sir elton john on aids and his new book; and the life of astronaut sally ride. but first, with the other news of the day, here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: wall street slid lower for a third day, partly over renewed fears that europe's debt crisis still is not under control. the dow jones industrial average lost 104 points to close at 12,617. the nasdaq fell 27 points to close just under 2863. the new orleans police department will have to undertake a sweeping program of federally supervised reforms. the u.s. justice department announced the changes today. they include mandatory training on the use of force, new diversity standards
you can watch both candidates speeches to the v.f.w. later tonight. plus our politics team will track romney's international travels each day this week in "the morning line." >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, attacks and counterattacks in syria. pennsylvania's tough voter i.d. law. sir elton john >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, attacks and counterattacks in syria; pennsylvania's tough voter i.d. law; sir elton john on aids and his new book; and the life of...
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. >> so is everybody else on both sides. >> well, what the romney/ryan plan does is give people, as we said, a fixed amount to shop with and then hope that cost containment will become efficient. but it puts the risk on the beneficiary, on the senior. joe has talked about health care payment being out of whack, that we pay for more and more services, ever more costly services, we need to address that. and the obama plan does address that but it does so in a way that holds providers accountable and uses the medicare program to keep costs under control. it does not shift the responsibility to the shopping seniors. >> woodruff: you mentioned that $716 billion, joe antos. >> let me talk a little about that. >> woodruff: let me come back to mr. antos a minute. because you were saying those cuts mainly to providers, what's the problem with that? trying to find economies... >> frankly, the medicare program should be fixed. i think we agree with that. the question is how. what the actuaries tell us is that if those cuts go through and medicare will be paying at the rate of the medicaid program
. >> so is everybody else on both sides. >> well, what the romney/ryan plan does is give people, as we said, a fixed amount to shop with and then hope that cost containment will become efficient. but it puts the risk on the beneficiary, on the senior. joe has talked about health care payment being out of whack, that we pay for more and more services, ever more costly services, we need to address that. and the obama plan does address that but it does so in a way that holds providers...
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. >> i think both panelists are exactly right. right now mitt romney was speaking to this portion of the electorate and you need to start talking to this portion of the electorate. barack obama was good at turning out his key constituencies which are blacks, hispanics and college educated king women. republicans need to start communicating to a broader swath and that includes hispanics for sure and includes women and younger voters. president obama turned out voters under 29 in greater numbers than he did in 2008. so republicans need to take note. since 1998 when george h.w. bush was elected we've only one the popular vote in one national election and that should be concerning. i don't think it's because we're wrong on the issues. i think our issues are pretty good. we have to start communicating and reaching out to people. >> pelley: what does communicating mean if not with a different message? i mean, if the message was there it didn't seem to be heard. >> well, again, it's who you're talking to. i would argue mitt romney didn't
. >> i think both panelists are exactly right. right now mitt romney was speaking to this portion of the electorate and you need to start talking to this portion of the electorate. barack obama was good at turning out his key constituencies which are blacks, hispanics and college educated king women. republicans need to start communicating to a broader swath and that includes hispanics for sure and includes women and younger voters. president obama turned out voters under 29 in greater...
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welcome back to you both. >> thank you. >> warner: let's start with the tragedy yesterday, the attacks on the u.s. embassy and consulate in egypt and libya and we all know mitt romney made a couple comments, one on the web the night before and then one yesterday essentially criticizing the obama administration for having sympathized with the attackers or apologized. what was the reaction in the social media sphere? >> on twitter the event itself with the hashtag "libya" which categorize it is event itself, there were 26,000 tweets within 24 hours. now to mitt romney specifically they had the hashtag "romney fail" "romney shambles" "unfit mitt" and there were negative tweets as well. >> to give you the flavor, margaret, chris rock tweeted "i'll give mitt romney credit for this, he lost the election before he got out of bed this morning." and conservatives retweeted this line "just remember, obama condemned romney before he condemned the terrorists." that's not chronologically accurate but it's been bouncing around. >> warner: so you're saying the conservative social media pushed back on
welcome back to you both. >> thank you. >> warner: let's start with the tragedy yesterday, the attacks on the u.s. embassy and consulate in egypt and libya and we all know mitt romney made a couple comments, one on the web the night before and then one yesterday essentially criticizing the obama administration for having sympathized with the attackers or apologized. what was the reaction in the social media sphere? >> on twitter the event itself with the hashtag...
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i'll be looking at how does mitt romney deal with the the auto bailout issue because both of these men are running for president of ohio right now. that will be a big issue. he knows it's coming. his answer will be very, very interesting. how does he deal with social issues because romney is not very comfortable on that set of issues traditionally. it will be interesting to see if benghazi comes up because how obama deals with that is complex. the answer is is, you know, he's going to have a difficult time providing an adequate answer there without getting into more trouble. so there are some specific things that come out of this debate that really makes some news. >> ifill: i'm writing those three things down, michael. i'll be watching for each of them later on tonight. >> governor romney may not be comfortable on social issues but he has been flexible. >> ifill: you had to get that in. we know what you'll be watching for tonight. michael will join the newshour's live stream later tonight for more analysis. and politics editor christina bellantoni will get feedback from undecided deba
i'll be looking at how does mitt romney deal with the the auto bailout issue because both of these men are running for president of ohio right now. that will be a big issue. he knows it's coming. his answer will be very, very interesting. how does he deal with social issues because romney is not very comfortable on that set of issues traditionally. it will be interesting to see if benghazi comes up because how obama deals with that is complex. the answer is is, you know, he's going to have a...